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May 7, 2009
05/09
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Hannah M.G. Shapero
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From 1967 through 1970 my father, composer Harold Shapero, was director of the Brandeis University electronic music studio. The studio was equipped with a Buchla 100 modular synthesizer, which was at the time the state of the art. Though I was not a Brandeis student, but still in high school, my father allowed and encouraged me to work with the Buchla in the studio. I started working there when I was 14 and continued until I was 17. The portrait you see of me with the Buchla was taken (by my...
Topic: Buchla 100 Modular synthesizer, Soundexploration, Experimental composition, Brandeis University,...
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Nov 8, 2010
11/10
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Muied Lumens
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For as long as I can remember Rob Solheim aka Muied Lumens has been an active participant in the solstice marathons over at Electro Music. Still for some reason it has taken up untill now for Rob to release his first ever full featured album. And boy are we proud at JNN to be the host of this very first sublime album. As Rob states in one of his emails to me: âIt has kick started something that I have been missing for a while â which is to make composed stuff instead of just playing live...
Topics: atmospheric, experimental, composed improv, dark ambient, Muied Lumens, Just not Normal, Rob Solheim
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Sep 7, 2010
09/10
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Of Places and Moments is a celebration of the art of field recordings. The tracks to be included utilized recordings from the Sounds Found Project, a repository of user-contributed field recordings. The source recordings were mangled, manipulated, abused and violated, in some cases beyond recognition, to create 18 distinctly different interpretations ranging from minimal drone, to noise, to electronica.
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Topics: experimental, field recordings, electronica, just not normal, noise, Creative Commons, intelligent...
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Nov 9, 2010
11/10
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usr/sbin
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We are nearing the end of this series, but not before this and two more to come to your ears. All in all this series is turning into a masterfull series of great full moon improvs. Shortly after Christmas Stillstream radio will be playing all 12 in the monster marathon of the Full Moon Concert series. Untill that time, hereâs #10 A year with Luna: 12 monthly meditations on the Full moon Volume nine: a luminous harvest Music performed by Dennis Moser (aka AldoManutio Abruzzo or âusr/sbinâ)...
Topics: ambient, improv, experimental, free releases, just not normal, Creative Commons, usr/sbin, Full...
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Aug 6, 2009
08/09
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Cousin Silas
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This work is dedicated to the memory of J.G. Ballard Artwork by Jesùs Olmo And a thank you to Thomas Mathie for the inspiration for tracks 6 and 12
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Topic: ambient, spacemusic, soft experimental, drones
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Jan 7, 2009
01/09
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Khate
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The color of the sky at 5:57 a.m.; the smell of a dormant furnace, revived; the feel of dusty boxes. Bells, blips, and boooooms. Precipitation is inspiration. Closets are emptied --- long-hidden treasure awaits. Circuit-bent instruments, analog synths, abused vinyl, and field recordings serve as the orchestra on this release. Best enjoyed on chilly nights in low lighting. 'This is the very first of Khate releases to be of free nature' We at JNN have been long time fans of her work, and are ever...
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Topic: circuit-bent, field recordings, analog synths, experimental, IDM, bleeps, Just not Normal, free...
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Aug 10, 2010
08/10
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At long last it is finaly here; the successor of no-r-mal the first edition. Almost a year later down the line, but highly improved and filled with more goodies. Started on April 25th I would never have thought that this would grow as big as it did. Many bulkloads of work went into getting this compilation album out there, but it is out there now! 71 artists, 71 tracks have turned into a 6 CD!!! compilation album making for over 7 hours of listening pleasure. Today I give this to the world so...
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Topics: experimental, field recordings, drone, dark ambient, sound art, electronica
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Jan 7, 2010
01/10
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Alexander Kibanov & HZ
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And just under the wire this sublime album was passed to Just not Normal. Since it was ready to go there was no doubt. This needed to be heard and shared. From the gentle near music-box experimentalism of Alexander to the soft noise experimentalism of HZ. Two sides of life, combined into one single release. Alexander Kibanov is: Alexander Kibanov (really! it’s not a joke) HZ is: Valeria Timofeeva (also known as N|B|K, Âûïü) Recordings 2008-2009. Cover photo by Cheshireman. contacts: AK...
Topic: Alexander Kibanov, drone, experimental, free release, gentle harmony, HZ, just not normal,...
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Nov 7, 2009
11/09
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Megatone
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Author: Marcel Gherman (Moldova) In silence rises the immortal spirit, And without words joy comes. –Zen Koan A fragment from the full length album “Four States” was included in project Sommeil: A Concert For Sleep, presented on the night of 11th to 12th of April 2009 at the Antenna Gallery in New Orleans, an event organized by artist Tanner Menard. During this event to a public equipped with sleeping bags there has been offered a “soundtrack for sleep” created by international...
Topic: Creative Commons, four states of consciousness, free release, just not normal, relaxation, Sleep...
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Aug 7, 2008
08/08
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Danadax
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Whereas the material for DANADAX's first LP "DAXSCAPES I" spanned several years, the tracks on the project's second LP reach even further into the past and further into the future. Some of the cuts on "DAXSCAPES II" were made during the time DANADAX's first 2 EPs were recorded (back in late 2004). A heavy majority of the tracks on "DAXSCAPES II" were created during the same sessions for "DAXSCAPES I," (2005 - 2007) and even a few tracks on the second LP...
Topic: experimental, drone, dark, ambient, electronica
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Nov 8, 2010
11/10
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Khate
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What are you saying; you never heard of Khate before. What rock have you been living under? One of the finer mistresses of the world of experimental electronics resurfaces with a brand new album! After the longest absence from music making and as she claims âthe craziesâ this fine fine artist returns and boy are we in for a treat. From one of our back and forth emails: âBut! Iâm on the mend (or at least pretending to be). And one thing me & the olâ therapist are working on is me being...
Topics: experimental, just not normal, noise, Creative Commons, found sounds, free release, IDM, khate,...
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Jun 3, 2011
06/11
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mystahr
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"Electronic voice phenomena (EVP) are electronically generated noises that resemble speech, but are not the result of intentional voice recordings or renderings." The act of capturing EVP activity to support paranormal research is a source of much contention between skeptics and believers. Dead Voices; White Noise disregards the arguments and goes straight to the heart of the matter - the recordings. Tracks for this compilation were created using EVP recordings, either as samples to...
Topics: Intelligent Machinery, Just not Normal, EVP, ghosts, free music, compilation
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Jan 7, 2009
01/09
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Djet
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Following his 'Free translation' on Vaatican Records, Alexander once again raises the bar on his soundwork. Big bold and beautiful,yet timid deep and full of emotion. JNN is proud to present the latest work from Alex Lisovsky, aka Djet Sound collages on a theme (and without theme) of various old (and new) fairy tales, parables and legends... All records by Djet (A. Lisovsky) / 2008 * Mr. Fyord - Man Of Desires (Djet remix 2006) - records by Djet (A. Lisovsky) / 2006
Topics: other, sound collage, experimental, Just not Normal, free release, creative commons
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Mar 7, 2009
03/09
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Gabran
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Secrets Return in the forest for a new harvest of sounds... I'm looking for other sounds ... other worlds ... These are just some of the sounds that I brought home after my last trip ... After my last dream ... Echoes of distant nebulae disappeared into infinity of the mind... only a few sounds, a gift for those who want to listen ... To hear them turn off the light and let the images exploding in your mind ... only a candle... and, then, a full immersion into sounds ... Sounds help us to...
Topic: Experimental, modern classical, soundscapes, glitch, drone, minimal, orchestral, free releases,...
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Aug 7, 2009
08/09
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Celebrating the 50th release on JNN I've invited some of the best (netlabel)artists from around the globe to join this massive compilationalbum. In total 52 artists joined to create the finest in what is available in experimental music these days. Much of what you hear is unreleased work with the exception of a handful. These tracks have been carefully mastered and put together to present to you a 4 CD epic journey into sound. Together with the artwork the puzzle lies ahead to find out what...
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Topic: compilation, experimental, field recordings, electronica, drones, dark ambient, free releases, Just...
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Jul 8, 2010
07/10
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Luis Antero
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The fervent listener of the weekly NTNS radioshow knows. I have a soft spot for field recordings. It just cannot be too pure to please my listeners ears. I find that it sooths and calms and takes me to a different place; one that allows the imagination to kick in and take a short holiday. Just not Normal now has its own first pure fieldrecordings album added to the roster. The amazing Luis Antero from Portugal has a special story to share; his website story. Be sure to check out the zipfile...
Topics: free releases, just not normal, Creative Commons, Field recording, Luis Antero, Portugal, ambience
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Jun 6, 2008
06/08
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normal
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Just not normal is proud to present it's first release. normal - Storm Just not Normal
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Topics: dark, ambient, chill-out, experimental
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Nov 7, 2009
11/09
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The Silence Bureau
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This album contains minimalistic noise, avant-garde synthesizer, guitar, and piano experiments recorded from 2007 to the present year. Sound collages of varied textures and moods, overall this album will challenge listeners to reconsider the nature of ‘music’. Jeff Fowler aka The Silence Bureau
Topic: avant-garde, Creative Commons, experimental, free release, glitch, IDM, just not normal, minimal,...
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Jun 7, 2009
06/09
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Anton Mobin
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Original soundwork by Anton Mobin release under creative commons license for JustNotNormal netlabel in 2009, 7th June. (cc-nc-nd) http://justnotnormal.wordpress.com/ Release name : Fréquence ep Author: Anton Mobin Title : Fréquence Total duration : 11'26'' #JNN045 Field recordings, edit & mix by Anton Mobin Mastering by Mark "Mysthar" Stolk Artwork : Anton Mobin
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Topic: Field recording, electronica, sound composition, Creative commons, free releases, Anton Mobin, Just...
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Aug 8, 2010
08/10
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Alexander Kibanov
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The re-release of Alexanderâs first ambient & experimental album which has been very limitedly released in 2008 on Alexanderâs own label is now available for the world for free. If youâve heard some of the previous releases by this very prolific artist before you know your ears will be in for a treat. This re-release certainly will grab your attention with its outworldish sounds and great atmospheres. Whether itâs ambient or experimental is up to you really, from subtle to in your face...
Topics: dark, ambient, experimental, drone, just not normal
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Jul 8, 2010
07/10
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usr/sbin
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Reaching the halfway point of this full moon concert series one may wonder; can it go deeper, can it go better. The answer is given by the artist himself in this sixth edition. A near full hour of a single track improv that rocks the boat. Droney ambient culled with the fingerprint guitar sounds and solos of the master himself. Let not these words keep you from downloading this album on the spot. You will not regret it. A year with Luna: 12 monthly meditations on the Full moon Volume six: All...
Topics: ambient, experimental, drone, just not normal, Creative Commons, free release, usr/sbin, guitar...
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May 7, 2010
05/10
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Candstandya
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Hailing from Brussels in Belgium comes Michiel Geluykens aka Candstandy. Early March he nudged me towards his first full album release for a possible JNN release. It needed but a few listens to know this very much deserved a spot on the label. His original idea was to create a dreamlike atmosphere using abstract sounds and motions. I must confess that this turned into a very warm, yet still experimentally edgy result that will guide the listeners ears into a comfortzone with slow drones and...
Topic: abstract, Candstandya, Creative Commons, dreambient, drone, e-bow, experimental, free release, just...
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Jul 8, 2010
07/10
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Thanato Twist with Oleg's Sound System
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If the world of lo-fi IDM could find more oompf, this would be the place. A wealth of toys has been intergrated into these 10 tracks that will make your mind swirl and your body ache for more. Ofcourse it may just as well be possible that youâre not into such degraded toynoises. If that is the case, you certainly got lost and trapped in a world you neednât be in. Most likely you will thoroughly enjoy this recording of two giants in the world of experimental improvâed music: Ayato and Kortane...
Topics: experimental, free releases, just not normal, noise, Creative Commons, IDM, Lo-Fi, psychedelic,...
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Mar 7, 2009
03/09
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Light Implant
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01. Cipher of Lux (03:48) 02. Vacuum Lunch (04:59) 03. Al-Kheva (08:39) 04. Little Metal Chair (06:14) 05. Barack Obama (03:37) Light Implant www.myspace.com/lightimplant Light Implant: Hyaena Reich www.geocities.com/xfghv/14-bis www.myspace.com/hyaenaxreich and Z.O.T.E. www.myspace.com/z0te
Topic: dark ambient, drone, experimental, atmospheric, improvised, noise, free release, Just not Normal,...
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If you've heard part 1 then you know to expect another retrospective megamix. 14 tracks - 55.55 minutes - one mix Bob Dickinson - Strata (00.00) Mystified - The long then (02.28) Khate - The cosmonaut (06.55) Pighood - Keeps on going (10.14) v4w.enko - Dot compound (13.52) Petal - The maimed king (15.42) My brother Daniel - The runner theme scene 6 (19.15) Gabran - The secret 3 (22.11) These ears - Bathroom floor bassinet (26.32) Djet - Zero room (29.36) Feralcatscan - Psavettobozu (34.54)...
Topic: Just not normal, megamix, dark, experimental, eclectic, glitch, chill, creative commons
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May 7, 2010
05/10
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AAGSF
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For the longest time I’ve admired the works of AAGSF very much. AAGSF or in the longer version: Aliens A Galactic Sound Flanks hails from Moscow Russia and has to date released many a beautiful album on the Russian RusZud netlabel. I am not sure if he has released outside of RusZud a lot, but let this moment be one for you to get acqainted with the subtle and deep works of this sound meister. The matter cannot appear and cannot disappear. As also project AAGSF was always. Sounds of novel...
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Topic: AAGSF, abstract, alien, Creative Commons, experimental, free release, just not normal, mysterious...
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Jan 7, 2010
01/10
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Anime Hill
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Yes, its true. This mighty fine album is not brand new; it has been released and available in the past on Jamendo. But all good things come to an end, and there where there are endings there are new beginnings. Anime Hill has graciously offered his very first album for a release on Just not normal and we couldn’t be more proud of this dark ambientish but certainly gorgeous experimentalic album. Enjoy the rich sounds and deep churns if you have not before and hopefully somewhere in 2010...
Topic: Anime Hill, dark ambient, deep atmospheres, drones, experimental, free release, just not normal
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May 6, 2009
05/09
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Bob Dickinson
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The twelve pieces on this album reflect an ongoing interest in the temporal processes underlying musical creation from two apparently contrasting yet ultimately similar musical contexts. Post-modernist, systems-based pieces for traditional classical ensembles stand side-by-side with more static electronic works. In the former category the obvious reference points might be the work of Steve Reich and other minimalists but in contrast to the extended time-scales operative in such work, the pieces...
Topic: minimal, classic, post-modern, compositions, electronic experimentalism, Bob Dickinson, Just not...
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Oct 7, 2010
10/10
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Chris Lynn
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Chris Lynn is a multifaceted filmmaker and Sound Artist from Maryland, USA. His work has been screened at festivals and galleries in the United States, Europe and Mexico. His short films focus primarily in urban and rural landscapes. His sound pieces are an assemblage of field recordings, ambient pieces, and soundtracks from his films. I personally have stumbled upon Chrisâ soundpieces through the various releases he has out on Earth Monkey, Electronic Music and Misspelled Records. Through...
Topics: field recordings, ambient/experimental
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Dec 8, 2010
12/10
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usr/sbin
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Amazing how an entire year can just vannish, though not in the night of the full moons. It is then when Dennis Moser comes alive. Live from a vennue somewhere in Second Life. Only once more after this most beautiful series of meandering ambience, that has been given a throne and a home for years to come. One slight reminder; on December 27th the entire series will be broadcasted on Stillstream radio with live hosting. Make sure to be there! A year with Luna: 12 monthly meditations on the Full...
Topics: ambient, improv, experimental, free releases, just not normal, Creative Commons, usr/sbin, Full...
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May 6, 2011
05/11
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Cagey House
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Have you ever been in contact with the music of the Cagey House? Cagey House is Baltimore's Dave Keifer. Producing primarily instrumental music, since 1999, and he also experiments with sound collage. If you frequent netlabels such as this one, then undoubtedly you have been in touch with the music of this collaging meister. His work has been described as "synth-post-pop-punk-psyche-hypno-exotica." For as long as I can remember I have seen his releases from various corners around the...
Topics: Cagey House, collage, Creative Commons, experimental, free releases, just not normal, plunderphonics
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Oct 7, 2010
10/10
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Candstandya
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Awake in a dark room is the follow-up EP to Slow Motions, compiled from leftover tracks recorded before the album sessions, and one newer track (Avoid A Void). Because this EP consists of material recorded vaguely around the same time as the Slow Motions sessions it very much is a companion piece to the album, though musically itâs pretty different. Tracks 1 & 4 consist almost exclusively out of E-Bow sounds, while the middle two tracks combine the use of E-Bow with more traditional guitar...
Topics: experimental, guitar, e-bow
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Jul 8, 2010
07/10
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Apocalyptic Frequency Experience
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And in the darkness lives the mysterious. Or in other words what happens when an experimental artist from Mexico (Roberto Telles Garcia) gets head to head with a French mistress of the experimental soundage (Murielle Gallon) and complete the quartet of brotherhoods with Kalavazombie on synth and programers and Simio Autodidacta for pics and art. Their assignment: Express in sound the musings on human metamorphoses. For certain they have reached their degree in deep dark experimentations and...
Topics: dark, experimental, free releases, drone, just not normal, Creative Commons, found sounds, IDM,...
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Feb 6, 2009
02/09
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Dzlav
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Post 'post meridien' Dzlav returns with fresh new toys and an even more sophisticated psychedelia unleashing his toys onto the dancefloor of your mind. There is something ever so effective and affective in his tunes, that would bring the quirkey brain to dance of the ceiling. In the end there is no good way to describe this album, but Just not Normal it is!
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Topic: experimental, pop, glitch, toys, psychelia, dance, braindance, just not normal, creative commons,...
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May 7, 2010
05/10
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usr/sbin
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A year with Luna: 12 monthly meditations on the Full moon Volume four: The Pink moon Music performed by Dennis Moser (aka AldoManutio Abruzzo or ‘usr/sbin’) Live in Second Life on April 28th 2010 for the Full Moon Lunacy Concert series, 2010 Next Live show: May 27th
Topic: Creative Commons, dark ambient, drone, experimental, free release, full moon concert series, guitar...
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Jul 8, 2010
07/10
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Jazznoize
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From Spain, this multi experimentalist dares walk on the dark side of sounds as one would go shopping at the supermarket. His varried pallet of sounds has matured much since the establishement of Jazznoize in 2005. Sergio Sánches Nicolás uses field recordings transforming them a lot or at all, technicians of loop, audible errors, or the slow sounds like pure example of transformation of the means. If youâve never heard the eerie sounds of this Spanish meister then let this opportunity...
Topics: dark, experimental, field recordings, free releases, just not normal, Creative Commons, IDM,...
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Dec 7, 2010
12/10
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Buben vs Anton Mobin
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Vladislav Buben, well known under the name Buben, is a sound artist and an imminent pioneer of the underground scene in Bielorussia. The connexion between Buben and Anton Mobin was established by Rinus van Alebeek, a few months ago, when Rinus asks Anton a technical help to digitalize sounds from a tape which be used by Buben to compose the great album released on Clinical Archives : Moral Tranformations (ca377) > http://www.archive.org/details/ca377_bra After this technical support, Buben...
Topics: Creative Commons, dark ambient, experimental, field recordings, found sounds, free releases, just...
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Feb 7, 2009
02/09
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Palancar
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Recorded during 2008, live on stillstream.com. All material, including the music, composition, production, and recording is copyright (c) 2009 Darrell Burgan, released under a Creative Commons license for non-commercial use. For commercial use, please contact me. Thanks to Andrew Butko for releasing the original photograph on Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons license. Special thanks to Mark Stolk for the honor of releasing this on Just Not Normal. Dedicated to the children.
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Topics: dark ambient, drone, minimal, experimental, chill, live improv, stillstream, just not normal,...
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Nov 7, 2009
11/09
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Emerald Adrift
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“Alien Tongue” presents two live performances by Emerald Adrift. The first piece, “Hatchling,” was recorded during a live broadcast on the StillStream internet radio station on November 1, 2008. “Abandoned Amusement Park (Gone To Weeds)” was another live StillStream performance, broadcast on March 14, 2009. We hope you enjoy these sonic curiosities, “sung” in an alien tongue…
Topic: Creative Commons, deep, electronica, experimental, just not normal, live improv
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Sep 7, 2009
09/09
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Joe McMahon
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Recorded at little white sox, Palo Alto CA on July 18th 2009. Equipment: Forrester – 130 samples of Gamelan Kyai Parijata Audacity Magnus@Smartelectronix Ambience AU Front cover art after a bubble-chamber Photo courtesy Lawrence Berkeley Labs’ Flickr Photostream Samples from: Marsudiraras provided under the GPL. Mastered by: Mark Stolk (aka mystahr) Copyright 2009 by Joe McMahon
Topic: Creative Commons, electronic, experimental, Forester, free release, Gamelan, improv, Joe McMahon,...
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Aug 7, 2008
08/08
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Mystahr
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We all are nothing; and so we shall return. And from that emptiness grew Mtiful; meanderings through the field of experimental improv electronics. This album journeys into the physics of sound and its electronic behaviour, frantically trying to control that which lies beyond our touch. Like the chaos and unpredictability of nature, so this album shares of the deeper layers of life. Dare to dig the soil upon which we tread; dare to dive in the realm of a mad scientist mind called mystahr.
Topics: Experimental, improv, live electronica, feedback, noise, dark ambience
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Jan 9, 2011
01/11
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My brother Daniel
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The hyper active and musical Scott Buchanan returns as My brother Daniel to the realm of Just not Normal with his now 4th release of lofi goodies. If you loved the first three then by all means number four will have you dancinâ and prancinâ all over the floor. Go and download this release, lock the doors and give it a spin. Youâll not regret it. Itâs mad!!! //////////// ///////////////////// My Brother Daniel â Ponky ///////////////////// 1. Intro: Fonky McPonky +** 2. Casio Madness %^@ 3....
Topics: collage, improvise, chance process, DIY, homemade music, experimental music, electronic music,...
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Aug 8, 2010
08/10
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The Mental Hygiene League
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YES! You are certainly reading this right. A brand new catalog has rissen amidst the fireworks that is called Just not Normal. IMC is short for Intelligent Machinery Compilations! And for those who know the background of how Just not Normal came about they will know it is birthed from NTNS radio. And long before NTNS radio the second edition as we know it today came about there once was NTNS radio before. From late 2004 till early 2007 NTNS was around already and back in those days it was...
Topics: improv, experimental, lofi, intelligent machinery, sound art, acoustic, psychedelic, space music
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Dec 7, 2010
12/10
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Altocumulus
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What if an artist that previously released one of the more fabulous experimental albums done on the Buchla 100 system from the Brandeis University would take a trip in a time capsule and use all anewed tools of the day and chooses to build a brand new album made from sounds of ordinary household equipment? Well; remember the âMy name is Marieta Cashmanâ album here on JNN? Altocumulus takes control again 40 years later! HOUSEHOLD APOCALYPSE is made from the sounds that come through my window...
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Topics: Altocumulus, Composing field recordings, Creative Commons, experimental, free releases, household...
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Jan 9, 2011
01/11
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Mikra
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It was some time ago that I received an email from Pavel from Minsk (Belarus). He came to JNN through word of Zhang JW of the great Bypass netlabel. As Pavel explains his music displays the modern technogenic world and intertwines also the Internet and cinema. This piece youâre about to hear is indeed a world of technogenics that intertwines the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. JNN has previously released albums that work from the poetry of some famed poets and writers, but this release takes it...
Topics: experimental, free releases, just not normal, Creative Commons, Poetry, sound collage, Mikra,...
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Dec 6, 2008
12/08
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Just not Normal Collective
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a 55 minute 13 track retrospective megamix of all previous JNN releases. Tracklist: Danadax - June 13th 2005 Vero beach (from The dead summer sessions) mystahr vs. dust - First part (from Par takes II) M.A.S. - Part II (from Vanishing Godheads of Xioulan) Tim Walters - Two thirds God (from The dry well) Respirator - 400 (from Traffic) mystahr vs. mystified - Part III (from Par takes) Phillip Wilkerson - Android Womb (from Machine Caffeine) Dzlav - Improvizijia44 (from Post meridiem) Mystahr -...
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Topic: Just not normal, megamix, dark, experimental, eclectic, glitch, chill, creative commons
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Apr 7, 2009
04/09
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Blank
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"Stereoscopic laid is an experiment in sound. What you are hearing are not 'sounds', but in fact are 'images'. The idea behind this album was to generate sound tracks equivalent to stereoscopic images, in which you see a slightly different point of view of the same scene with each eye, creating the illusion of depth. The process was really simple, I chose for each track an image and I generated two similar versions with a minor deviation, similar to the perspectives that both eyes...
Topic: Experimental, stereoscopic, image to sound, data bending, Blank, Creative Commons, Just not Normal
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Apr 7, 2009
04/09
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Boiar
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Recorded on new years eve 2008-09 Streamed live through electro-music.com Boiar is: Paulo Carapeto - voice, Fender Stratocaster, fx José Lopes Soares - doesn't remember Joao Ricardo - thinks it was something Joao Santos - bass, synths http://www.boiar.com
Topic: Creative Commons, electro-music.com, electronica, experimental, free release, improv, just not...
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Dec 7, 2009
12/09
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dxiv
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Founder and curator of the Stereo-Type netlabel, KJ began producing electronic in 1999, having always played conventional instruments. Obsessed with sound, he has graphed charts of frequencies which cross reference chromatics vs. brain wave ranges and has used these maths in extensive self-experimentation, applying the results to composition. As “choenyi” and “Echo Yin” he has released varietey of netlabels since 2006. The alias “dxiv” predates these for many years and implies works...
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Mar 6, 2009
03/09
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Metlay!
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Mike Metlay's body of work has always included abstract noisescapes, a passion he's enjoyed for nearly three decades. (A recent example is JNN014, The Redundancy Of Suicide by mindSpiral.) Mike's main noisescaping device is "Thing One", the Oberheim Xpander analog modular synthesizer he has been playing for 25 years now. Currently, as for the past 10 years or more, he uses Thing One primarily for self-modulating noise textures that can be manipulated in real time with broad control...
Topic: abstract, noisescapes, experimental, Oberheim Xpander, Alesis Wedge, textures, mindspiral, free...
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Jan 7, 2010
01/10
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Mister Vapor & Altus
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And if you think we’ve heard the best collaboration works yet, then let this one surprise your ears. Mister Vapor (aka the extremely prolific Mystified) joined up with Altus (one of the ambient great netlabelartists). Well fitting in some of the other ‘deep sea dives’ of this months JNN releases this album takes you deeper. Where the wonderful string-drones of Altus meet with the dark-drones of Mister Vapor this is a clash of experimentalism that cannot be missed. We are proud to host...
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Topic: Altus, dark ambient, drones, experimental, free release, just not normal, Mister Vapor,...
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Jul 6, 2008
07/08
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mystahr vs dust
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desolation ... barren empty worlds ... tension static ether ... artifacts... mystahr & dust Check out our JNN home mystahr dust
Topics: experimental, improv, electronica
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Jun 6, 2008
06/08
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mystahr vs mystified
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It was only natural the two came together after releases on timetheory and treetrunk. Mystahr provided a 40 minute live improv when mystified in his turn touched his drone-fingers on the material. Par takes (perhaps a series in the making) will take you into the depths of sound and drones.
Topics: dark, drones, ambient, chill-out, experimental
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Feb 7, 2010
02/10
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Aide Auditive
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An album of delightful animative sound sculptures that will take you on a journey. Expect the unexpected in this electronic improvised experimentalism coming from a French studio. Aide Auditive – Electronic Improvisation http://www.aide-auditive.org Matohawk & Mysth-R Laptop & Modular PD Patch
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Topic: Aide Auditive, cinematic, Creative Commons, found sounds, free releases, glitch, IDM, improv, just...
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Jan 7, 2010
01/10
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Kris Cadwell
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"It is always so fulfilling to finish up all the little detail work involved in an album. I still havent slept just from pure creative energy. I wont fill this box with too many thoughts but deviants might be interested in the fact that much of this album is inspired by color field painting. Some of the tracks are named with my favorite color combinations." Kris Cadwell And as I’ve seen through time and time again. There are quite a few visual artists that dwell in the realm of...
Topic: color field painting, dyzvor, experimental, free release, glitch, harmonic, just not normal, kris...
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Jun 7, 2009
06/09
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Pighood
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Hymn: Why don’t you have a seat right over there? P*gh**d: These cookies are delicious...did you hatch them on your own? Hymn: Keep your hands where I can see them. P*gh**d: Is that a Neumann in your pocket, or are you just extremely pumped about your job? Hymn: Soooooo....what was your plan for tonight? P*gh**d: To pee on thy forehead until there ain’t no more pee in mee. Hymn: What do you think should happen to you? P*gh**d: BRAAAAMP Hymn: Oh, for gross! P*gh**d: I blame Bush. Hymn:...
Topic: experimental, field recordings, IDM, strange sounds, circuit bent, intelligent machinery, free...
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Oct 9, 2008
10/08
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Mindspiral
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MindSpiral is a series of collaborations between Mike Metlay and anyone who doesn’t hang up when he calls. This incarnation, mind6Spiral, resulted when Tim Walters (see e.g. JNN03) traded a night’s lodging (10 August 2008) for one hour of feeding audio from his laptop into Mike’s mixer, while Mike added his own sounds and a live audience on StillStream.com listened. It was a fair trade. Mindspiral Tim Walters
Topic: experimental, glitch, live electronica, drones, live performance, noise, just not normal, free...
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Apr 11, 2010
04/10
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Cezary Gapik
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Cezary Gapik (also know as CEZAR) was born in Czestochowa, Poland in 1963. He started his musical activity in 1980 as an animator of punk rock bands. Soon enough he discovered new sounds which were brought by the punk rock rebellion. Cabaret Voltaire, Public Image Ltd. or other “new wave” bands had an enormous influence on the perception of music by Cezar. Plunging into the fundaments of musical avant-garde (Karlheinz Stockhausen, Morton Feldman, Luc Ferrari, La Monte Young), the appearance...
Topic: Cezary Gapik, dark ambient, drone, experimental, free release, just not normal, sound-design
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Mar 7, 2010
03/10
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Alexander Kibanov & Norihito Kodama
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The second collaborative work from Alexander Kibanov to appear on Just not Normal and the shortest album thusfar to have appeared on JNN as well. But length never says anything about quality or its lacking off. Born June 6, 1992, Alexander Kibanov is an experimental music artist and composer from Antarctica. He has released under various pseudonymes (such as Earth Incubator, Headless Kamikaze, Illnathix) over one hundred of solo and collabarotive works (with many artists as diverse as GX...
Topic: Alexander Kibanov, collaboration, Creative Commons, electronica, experimental, free releases, just...
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Oct 8, 2010
10/10
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Out Level
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And here I was thinking that the man we know all too well from his magnificent field recordings (Luis Antero) had taken a side step into a different cloak (Out Level). But upon checking any profiles for writing a little bit to whet your apetiteâs I realize that this is the eleventh release allready! I should rather frown upon myself for not having shared any of his music yet on a previous NTNS radio show. Alas so it is. After his earlier Website Story released on Just not Normal I can truly...
Topics: experimental, abstract, space sounds, prepared guitar
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Jan 9, 2011
01/11
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Philippe Faujas
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Joining the ranks of avid Field Recordists is Philippe Faujas from Spain. Making Just not Normal not per say a field recordings netlabel, but since I personally am a big fan of field recordings and feel they go extremely well amidst experimental music Philippe is very much welcomed to the world of JNN. Follow his link to an even bigger world of recorded sounds, but let this release be your guide into the world of this fine French artist living in Spain. He won my heart with his great sounds and...
Topics: experimental, field recordings, free releases, just not normal, Creative Commons, Philippe Faujas
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Mar 7, 2010
03/10
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JNN Collective
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Fourth in the ongoing series of retrospective megamixes ‘The world is Just not Normal’ once again the bar is raised. 18 tracks in just over 26 minutes time, this mix will take you through the last 20 albums of JNN where ofttimes 6 tracks are layered at the same time. Time for you to indulge into some dark and brooding sounds and to invite you to a closer look at what JNN has in store for your ears and brain. Tracklist: 00.00 Emerald Adrift – Abandoned amusementpark (JNN062) 00.00 Megatone...
Topic: brooding atmosphere, dark ambient, experimental, free release, JNN Collective, just not normal,...
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Jun 8, 2010
06/10
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PlanetAldol
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Recorded live at the Canibal Canniche festival, held in Berlin May 2nd 2010 Mastered by Final Cut Are you prepared to take on a journey of live and improv’ed experimentalism. Are you willing to open your ears and mind for the unusual that took place live on stage. This French artist has before released a few albums on the Belgium Entity netlabel of which my first encounter was with the ’2 humans in a cage with their everything box’. An intriguing title don’t you think? Well that was...
Topic: experimental, drone, just not normal, free music, Creative Commons, found sounds, live improv,...
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Feb 7, 2009
02/09
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Phillip Wilkerson
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As coincidence would have it, JNN released Phillip Wilkerson's Penumbra just in time for the February 9, 2009 full moon. A full moon which, as the universe would have it, coincided with a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse visible in eastern Europe, Asia, Australia, the Pacific, and western North America.
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Topic: minimal, glitch, generative, abstract, experimental, live improv, creative commons, just not...
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Dec 6, 2008
12/08
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Ater
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6 tracks of minimalist beauty, darkish atmospheres and enchanting sounds. There is a certain mystique about this release; as if tucked away far on the antarctic with but a small friendly fire. The cold breeze snuggling around the cabin comforting the loneliness that one is waited for. A place of envy perhaps it is not, but the chilled sound of 'the last day again' will certainly clasp the listeners ear placing them momentarily in the vast and cold emptiness of white; to remind us once again of...
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Topics: dark, minimal, experimental, chill, glitch, just not normal, creative commons
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Feb 7, 2009
02/09
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v4w.enko
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Live recordings from digital algorhythms. This is generative glitch that walks the far boarders of experimentalism, yet its content is so smooth and delicious. Meandering between the likes of Xenakis and Ikeda, this takes on a journey of its own. And even though this may be the shortest release on Just not Normal, I fell deeply in love with this album; beware as you may too!
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Topics: generative, algorithms, electronic, improvisation, mathematical, experimental, glitch, just not...
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Aug 7, 2009
08/09
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Emerald Adrift
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In Greek mythology, Ixion and Tantalus were both legendary for their extreme hubris and the dire consequences that befell them as a result. Each was granted an audience with the gods, and betrayed the generosity shown to them. So many tales abound of the transgressions these two figures made against the gods that there is no one story to explain their unique fates. Yet it is precisely these unenviable fates for which they are most remembered. In its most simple form, the tale of Ixion is that...
Topic: ambient, Creative Commons, Experimental composition, free release, just not normal, sound...
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Nov 9, 2010
11/10
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Somnaphon
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A large portion of this album was composed from âdisturbancesâ that were recorded while living in an active haunted house. You may consider this your after Halloween treat, or just a plain immersive and fantastic album filled with darkness and just plain great tracks! What the maker probably donât realize though is that 112 in the Netherlands is the equal to 911 in the US. You may keep that number near while listening to this! Created by A. Traeger additional sounds on âlugalâ by Mere...
Topics: experimental, field recordings, just not normal, Creative Commons, found sounds, free release,...
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Sep 7, 2008
09/08
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Controlled Dissonance
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[sic], the latest endeavor of soft noise/dark ambient blowhard, Controlled Dissonance, is an expression of minimalistic composition. Stripping down to the bare bones, Controlled Dissonance culled the sounds for this release exclusively from field recordings and found material on microcassette. These recordings were manipulated with a transcription device, a handful of effects pedals and a small arsenal of digital effects. The resulting tracks both belie the humble origin of their source...
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Topics: soft noise, dark ambient, experimental, minimal, electronica, effect pedals, microcassettes, tape...
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Oct 7, 2009
10/09
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My brother Daniel
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From the Boston Globe: DJ Radio Scotvoid is in Salem tonight to make noises with Buddah Machines (those are musical loop players), sampling gizmos, keyboards, noise makers, and other random equipment – including a Nintendo DS. The concert of cacophony will also include audience participation; Scotvoid will ask listeners to talk into the sampler so he can use their voices in his sound montage. “This is a new and very abstract concept, ” Scotvoid tells us. We certainly agree.
Topics: ambient/acid, circuit-bent, Creative Commons, DIY, free releases, improv, jazz/funk, just not...
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Sep 8, 2009
09/09
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Zondagmorgen
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So, about 1 and 3/4 years ago, I finished a super long ambient track for my Zondagmorgen (remember this?!) project, entitled La Fin du Monde. My intentions, at the time, were to release it though IMP. That never happened, and it's been sitting on my hard drive ever since. I pulled it out, on a whim, this morning and listened to it on the bus today. It's actually better than I remember, so I thought I would send it your way to see if you would be interested in including it in as an upcoming JNN...
Topic: ambient, experimental, improv, electronica, field recordings, Creative Commons, Free Releases, Just...
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Jun 8, 2010
06/10
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Stream69
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From France Stream69 revisits the JNN catalog with his successor to the beautiful album ‘Souvenirs from Earth’ (JNN046). This time the edges have sharpened, though the beautiful have not left sight, or perhaps better the ears. Sit back and let this 16 track album begeist your ears.
Topic: experimental, drone, just not normal, free music, Creative Commons, dark ambient, soundscapes,...
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Sep 7, 2009
09/09
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C Reider
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C Reider, the man behind Vuzh and the man behind the ‘Electret Quintet’ series has certainly taken a different direction with this single track release. Amidst the field of drones, drummachines and recorded sounds he creates an ambience of experimental finesse. Dive into a strange world that will enchant your ears and take you on journeys not taken before.
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Topic: analog sounds, C Reider, Creative Commons, Drummachines, experimental, free releases, improv, just...
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Jun 7, 2009
06/09
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Dust
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Generative was created with the generative software called Forrester by Leafcutter John. Part 1. Dust on 1.8 Shakuhachi & Hocchiku Part 2. Dust on 2.0 Shakuhachi & Darbuka
Topic: Generative, Forrester, Leafcutter John, Shakuhachi, Hocchiku, Darbuka, Electronica Improv,...
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Oct 6, 2008
10/08
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Dzlav
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JNN goes pop?! Well wait till you hear this excellent experimentalistic release that is filled with pop, glitch, noise, lofi, experimentalism. Crossing between the likes of Zappa, Boards of Canada and electro-psychedelics this release will surely peak your ears!
Topic: experimental, pop, electro, lofi, glitch, noise, industrial, free release, creative commons
